Status:
COMPLETED
National Children s Health Study
Lead Sponsor:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Infant
Child Development
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Patterns of illness among children in the United States and other industrially developed nations have changed substantially during the past 100 years. Before and during the first half of the previous ...
Detailed Description
The National Children s Study (NCS) is a planned, observational, and longitudinal study that will enroll and follow a national sample of approximately 100,000 children born in the United States (US) t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- IINCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Women age 18-49 years of age at the time of enumeration who medically could be pregnant
- Pregnant women at or above the local age of majority
- During the Initial Vanguard Study recruitment period only: pregnant women aged younger than 18, residing in a selected NCS geographic segment at the time of enrollment, who are considered to be emancipated minors per the laws of their jurisdiction or minor pregnant women who obtain parental consent for participation
- Children born to enrolled women
- Biological and social fathers as identified by enrolled women
- Adult guardians who have legal responsibility to authorize needed care for enrolled children
- Adults who are primary caregivers of enrolled children
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Women self-reported to be infertile
- Adults who are unable to understand what is involved in NCS participation and grant informed consent
- Prisoners as defined in 45 CFR 46.303\[c\]
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 25 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 29 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
9942 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00852904
Start Date
February 25 2009
End Date
May 29 2020
Last Update
June 1 2020
Active Locations (4)
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1
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
2
NORC at the Univ. of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
3
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 9000 Rockville
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
4
Westat, Inc.
Rockville, Maryland, United States, 20850